Care24 targets to train 10,000 certified healthcare attendants

Care24, a start-up in the home healthcare sector, on Wednesday said it aims to train up to 10,000 certified healthcare attendants by the end of 2017, under their ‘healthcare skilling programme’.

The company plans to train healthcare attendants for specialised treatments such cancer care and neurological in association with specialised agencies such as NSDC, AIIMS and Tata Memorial, among others, a release here said.

“We believe in skilling and training as the way forward for creating the right kind of talent pool for the healthcare industry and have taken the onus of bridging the critical skill gap faced by the healthcare industry Wednesday,” Care24 CEO and Co-Founder Vipin Pathak said.